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com on
dance film
They are finding, defining and redefining their identity and needs through a special journey.
Anja Neukomm, Laetitia Kohler and Naomi Kamihigashi are teaming up with director of photography and editing Sarah Hinni, assistant director Deborah Kiener and music composer David Hohl to create a short movie, based on the dance piece com on.
Filming and editing: Deborah Kiener
Trailer Music: The Flower Girl by Charlie Chaplin
Why do we do this?
It sometimes feels like we have lost all control over our lives. We have been reminded how vulnerable we are. With the world in chaos and nothing making much sense anymore, it is important to us to make this short movie about balance. Throughout this collaboration we got well aware how difficult it can be to let go of control and how freeing it is to laugh and play. In the hope to make you smile, we want to bring this intimate, poetic and meaningful project further.
What has happened so far?
We want to make a short dance film out of the dance piece. Our team got bigger and in February 2022 we shot scene after scene in the magnificent premises of the Schloss Kyburg.
What is going to happen?
Sarah Hinni and Anja Neukomm are working on editing, David Hohl on the composition. It will be ready for you on 19th of September 2022.
We need your help!
As much as this project is coming from the heart, it is a priority that everyone involved is paid a decent salary. Founding institutions such as Loterie romande and Fondation Loisirs-Casino are supporting us. In addition we are looking for private donors and sponsors. Your support will be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks and kind regards
Anja, Laetitia and Naomi
Concept, Choreography, Performance
Direction of photography, editing
Assistant director
Music
Duration
Support
Anja Neukomm, Laetitia Kohler, Naomi Kamihigashi
Sarah Hinni
Deborah Kiener
David Hohl
About 15 minutes
Loterie Romande, Fondation Loisirs-Casino
What is a balanced state? Is it something we find for ourselves or in relation to others?
Or both...
com on talks about three individuals searching for a balance. Their goal is to find their personal balance, as well as a stable ground within their trio. It is a zoom in and out from the individual into a bigger picture. They are finding, defining and redefining their identity and needs, through interactions and common activities, discovering along the way that finding stability for oneself seems to be an important first step in connecting with others.
Editing: Anja Neukomm
Trailer Music: Swing Little Girl by Charlie Chaplin
com on
com on is a collaboration between the choreographers and dancers Anja Neukomm, Laetitia Kohler and Naomi Kamihigashi. It was created and premiered on April 15th, 2021. It is supported by Roxy Theater, Birsfelden, within the frame of Mixed Pickles ♯10 and funded by the Jaqueline Spengler Stiftung.
Concept, Choreography, Performance
Music
Outside Eye
Light design
Technical diretor
Technical assistant
Duration
Support
Anja Neukomm, Laetitia Kohler, Naomi Kamihigashi
Bolero, Maurice Ravel / Knives in Hens, Biosphere / This is My Song, James Last / Man, Billy Joel / The Flower Girl, Jose Padilla
Katharina Germo
Tobi Voegelin
Nando Dutler
20 minutes
ROXY, Jacqueline Spengler Stiftung
Face it.
How do we find
stability and balance?
And if we find it,
can we keep it?
Face it. is about a group of five individuals facing, together, difficult situations in a limited space. Their goal is to find a stable and balanced state within the group in order to be able to face all situations. They seek to establish a common activity helping them to reach for this balance at all times - a ritual. The public simply witnesses it.
Video Footage: Guillaume Lachat
Editing: Sarah Hammond
Music: Thomas Walschot
Stability doesn't last forever. Naturally a chain reaction effect can disrupt this balance at any time, forcing the group to redefine itself. How can we help each other to restore stability within the group?
In June 2020, a 15 minutes long version of Face it. was shown at Dare & Share Basel. In October 2020, Laetitia Kohler and the artists had a two week residency through Dare & Share Extended, by Tanzbüro Basel. Face it. was Premiered on May 7th 2021 in the frame of Fête de la danse Delémont, and it is currently touring.
Performance
Concept, Choreography
Assistants
Music composition
Duration
Support
Alice D’angelo, Anja Neukomm/Aline Serrano, Dario Theiler, Naomi Kamihigashi, Sandy Albrecht
Laetitia Kohler
Sarah Hammond/Dario Theiler
Thomas Walschot
30 minutes
Centre Culturel Régional Delémontain, République et canton du Jura, Loterie Romande, Fondation Anne et Robert Bloch, Fondation Loisirs-Casino, Tanzbüro Basel, Tanzhaus Zürich
Photo by Henrik Kaalund
Photo by Félix Méndez de Muela
Photo by Félix Méndez de Muela
Photo by Henrik Kaalund
Now What?
What is it to be young?
...Are we doing it right?
...Are we wasting it?
In Now What?, we witness two individuals navigating the beauty, uncertainty and urgency of their youth. The piece is a personal account of real-life memories, questions and fears, animated by a unique movement language and partnership. Incorporating elements of playfulness and nostalgia, the duo develops an onstage relationship mirroring that of a childhood friendship; we watch as their paths overlap and intertwine and as the two evolve, reminisce and learn alongside one another.
Video footage: Michael Zimberov,
Editing: Sarah Hammond
Trailer Music: Blind Spots, Dan Romer
Now What? is KoHalition's premiere work, it was first conceived, choreographed and performed by Laetitia Kohler and Sarah Hammond and later adapted to another version with Dario Theiler taking over the Sarah's role. The piece is a melding of Kohler and Hammond's diverse artistic visions brought together by their synergistic movement style and original dialogue; it also features original musical composition by Maëva Kohler.
The production has been performed alongside The Basel Dance Academy at Theâtre de La Coupole (St. Louis, FR), for the platforms: DARE & SHARE (Basel, CH) and RAW & POLISHED (Nürnberg, DE), and as part of The Tukatuka Art Project (Schopfheim, DE).
Performance
Concept, Choreography
Music
Duration
Support
Laetitia Kohler, Sarah Hammond/Dario Theiler
Laetitia Kohler, Sarah Hammond
Immediate Horizon 3, Alessandro Cortini & Lawrence English / Untitled original composition, Maëva Kohler /Auf dem Wasser zu Singen D.774, Schubert, Barbara Bonney & Geoffrey Parsons
10 minutes
Galina Gladkova Hoffman